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At a public meeting in Sangareddy, Centre of Indian Trade Unions State president Chukka Ramulu warned that the four new labour codes ease layoffs and closures, deprive contract workers of benefits, and threaten labour welfare boards.

Mid-day meal workers in the erstwhile Khammam district are facing severe financial distress due to delayed salaries and unpaid bills. Union leaders alleged removal of long-serving workers and demanded immediate clearance of dues, LPG supply and a hike in honorarium.

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has slashed its budget for Formation Day celebrations to Rs 8 lakh, drawing sharp criticism from workers and unions. Earlier, allocations ranged between Rs 40-50 lakh under the BRS government. The downsizing comes after SCCL spent Rs 10 crore sponsoring Lionel Messi’s Hyderabad event.

Powerloom workers at Sircilla Textile Park launched a strike demanding better wages for weaving government and private cloth. The workers, led by CITU union leaders, insist they will not resume work until their demands are met and have called for government intervention.

Pochampally Ikkat saree weavers are concerned as powerloom-made sarees flood the market. The cheaper, less durable powerloom versions are impacting demand for traditional handloom sarees in Telangana

As the nation observed National Handloom Day, thousands of Telangana’s weavers had little to celebrate. The State’s once-thriving handloom industry is now reeling from broken promises, debt, and dwindling support. The shelving of key institutions and stalled cooperative society elections have further deepened the crisis.

CITU urges Telangana government to expedite the release of the promised Rs 1 crore ex gratia to the families of each victim without any further delay

CITU State Secretary P Bhaskar, who participated in the protest, said the employees were already drawing meagre salaries and were struggling to manage due to rising prices of essential commodities

The city, which generates an estimated 300 metric tonnes of garbage daily, is witnessing heaps of uncollected waste in the market area and the main roads. Left unattended for more than a day, the garbage may decompose adding to the risk of disease outbreaks

CITU state secretary B Madhu and district secretary K Venkateshwar Rao addressing the gathering demanded the government to regularise the services of contract/outsourcing workers or to pay them wages on par with government employees.

CITU Mancherial secretary D Ranjith Kumar said that the union government was adopting anti-laborer policies and it had abolished 44 laws so far

INTUC performed well in Kothagudem region as it secured highest votes in corporate area (549 votes), Kothagudem (1129), Yellandu (311) and Manugur (778 votes) to win locally.

The MLA wanted to know who issued the orders to prevent the Left wing unions from campaigning.

The Anganwadi workers organised a protest camp in front of the Gandhi statue opposite the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation main office.

Khammam: Auto rickshaw bandh called by Auto Workers union JAC was successful in Khammam district bandh on Thursday and passed off peacefully. The bandh was called demanding the Centre to withdraw GO 714. Massive protest rallies took out at different places in Khammam and Kothagudem districts by auto rickshaw unions in support of the demand. […]

New Delhi: Some of the essential services related to banking, transportation, railways and electricity are likely to be impacted during a two-day nationwide strike called by a joint forum of central trade unions beginning Monday. Talking to PTI, All Indian Trade Union Congress General Secretary Amarjeet Kaur said, “We are expecting participation of over 20 […]

Khammam: Leaders of different trade unions have demanded that the Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities pay increased wages to municipal workers as per the 11th PRC. The leaders of CITU, AITUC, IFTU and INTUC have submitted memorandums to the District Collector and Municipal Commissioner here on Monday. Speaking to the media Manda Venkateshwarlu of AITUC […]

Visakhapatnam: Huge protests on Saturday, followed by Jail Bharo programme are planned to mark one-year of agitation against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel plant on Sunday.Thousands of people are expected to take part in the two-day intensive agitation and the struggle would continue till the Central Government withdraws its decision of a strategic sale of […]

Khammam: Rakhi Pournami was celebrated in an innovative way at Wyra in the district on Sunday opposing the Centre’s three contentious Farm Laws, which the Supreme Court has already put on hold in January. The women members of the Telangana Rythu Sangham made Rakhis with farm produce. At a programme organised under the aegis of […]

UFBU, consisting of nine bank unions had given the strike call to protest against the government's decision to privatise two more public sector lenders